Destroyers again

January 2nd, 2009

From Tue Sep 16 09:28:27 1997
>Date: Tue, 16 Sep 97 18:27 MET DST
>To: mahan@microwrks.com, >marhst-l@post.queensu.ca, wwii-l@listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu
>Subject: Destroyers again
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>From: BWV_WIESBADEN@t-online.de (Tim Lanzendoerfer)
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>Destroyers is indeed giving me headaches…four >books checked and four different
>values for the speed of Fletcher!
>Terzibaschitsch: 32.3 knots
>Whitley: 38 knots
>Gallupini: 36 knots
>Finally Jane’s post-war edition: 36.5 knots
>
>plus, two handbooks for computer games:
>Great Naval Battles 3: 38 knots
>Task Force 1942: 37 knots
>
>It would appear Jane’s and Gallupini have a good info here; anything above
>sounds more like a test-drive speed. Terzibaschitsch is extremely low, but I
>wonder how he got that number?
>
>Tim
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